Tuesday February 12th, 2002

NEWS
NITEL: IIL Fails to Pay, May Lose $131.7m | ...First Bank Exposed | IIL: The Road to Failure | Police: 'Obasanjo Orders Ciroma to Release N4bn' | Ijaw Youths Disrupt Activities at NDDC | 17 Held over Planned Invasion | Atiku Urges NSSAN to Revive Agric | Na'Abba Replies Obasanjo over Salary | World Bank Commits $1bn to HIV/AIDS War in Africa | House to Hold Dialogue on Nigeria's Membership of WTO | Nigeria Wants CNN Reporter Removed | FG Licences 16 New FM Stations | Resource Control Struggle Continuous - Nwuche | Lagos Schools Reopen After Explosions, Ethnic Clash | ...Tukur Berates Tinubu for Politicising Mayhem | Damilola Witness, 'Attention Seeker' | OPC Hold Okota Residents Hostage over 'Salaries' | Privatisation: NSPMC Facts Released | Ige: Court Grants Fryo Leave to Enforce Rights | Omisore Protests Non-payment of Salary | Presidency Probes Maduekwe Car Gift to Journalist | Obasanjo Identifies Education as Re-engineering Tool | Jos Crisis: Commission Adjourns Sitting Indefinitely | Plateau PDP Factions Maintain Turfs | Edo People Mourn Inienger | Illiteracy, Threat to Democracy - Anyim | Ibadan Cult Killings: 25 Suspects Arrested | AD Chieftain Assures on Electoral Victory in North Central | Okadigbo Wants 13% Derivation Raised | Retreat X-rays, Okays Adamu's Policy | Expatriate Blames GSM Hitch on NITEL Leadership | Highway Engineer Suggests Zonal Police System | Niger Gets N500m World Bank Education Aid | All Refineries Now Functional, Says NNPC | Unions Threaten Strike over Appoinments at Airports | FG, Berger, Others Sign N81bn Agreement | Senate Panel Blames Military Neglect on Past Govts | Anti Graft: Akanbi Faults Supreme Court's Invitation of Nwabueze | Akanbi Denies Favouratism in ICPC'S Recruitment |
STATE OF THE STATES
Minister Wants State of Origin Clause Removed from Official Documents | Govt to Drill 3,500 Boreholes to Check Guinea-worm | 'Why PDP Congress Was Conducted' | Assemblyman Seeks Minister for Lagos Affairs | Police Threaten to Prosecute Lawmaker over Incitement |
POLITICS
Aspirant Seeks Case for South-south Senate Presidency | CNN Berated over Report on Call for Military Take-over | Ige: When Ooni Staved Off His Palace's 'Guilt' | Ethnic Violence Fuelled by Politics, Says Saleh Jambo |
BUSINESS
Condensate Ban: 9 Oil Firms Get Concession | 'US$40m Biotechnology Devt Fund May Elude Nigeria' | FG Urged to Embark on Manufacturing for Export | FG announces new measures Against Indiscriminate Importation | Supermaster Stabilizers Get ISO 9002 Certification | Packaging Trade Fair Holds in Germany | WTO Treaty: 'We Must Not Kill Our Own Industries' | Promoter Chides SEC Over Neglect on COMEX Decree | 'Excise Duty Affects Brewers' Taxes' | Privatisation: NEPA Workers, BPE in Showdown | Biotechnology Experts Urge FG to Invest in Agric Devt | International Biosafety Protocol: Its Meaning for Agriculture | The Impact of World Oil Prices on The Gas Industry | 'Great Warrior' FPSO for Agip's Abo Deepsea Field | Rising Global Demand Pushes LNG Costs Down | NNPC, Oil Marketers Hold Talks Over Fuel Imports | OPEC May Not Change Output in March | ACOPS Commemorates Golden Jubilee in Nigeria | NEST Begins Awareness Campaign on Climatic Change | Engineers Urge Technological Resolution of National Problems | FG Plans Air Quality Management Programme | Planners Seek Review of Fees' Scale | Co-Operation Between Public and Private Sectors in Protection of the Environment in Africa | Delta State Home Ownership Scheme Moves to Next Phase | Investors Continue to Mop-up Banking Stocks | Rally in Cyclicals Send US Shares Higher | Why We Backed Retail Sales of Travellers' Cheques - CBN | Agip Offers $2m at IFEM | MBC International Gets New MD |
LAW
Cup of Nations 2002: Whose Right to Broadcast | The Idea of Law | We Hold your Brief | 'Democracy on Trial in Nigeria ' | The Law and Practice of Industrial Democracy | MTN's Legal Dilemma | Confessional Statements: 'Interpreter must be Called as a Witness' | 'Terms of Settlement Between Parties are Binding' | Justice Sector and Prison Reforms |
ARTS & REVIEW
Invisible Chapters and Daring Visions | The Curse and the Politics of a People | Only The Final Word Will Do |
COMMENT
The Political Fog is Thickening | Keyamo as New Cicero |
EDITORIAL
New Trade Policy |
LETTERS
Yoruba Should Have a Rethink | Still on NEPA Deadline |
FEATURES
How 2% Tax Can Build a Nation |
CITY DIARY
Gruesome Murder at Dawn |
SPORTS
Presidency Orders Aku to Sack Foreign Pros | Adefarati Blames Eagles' Failure on Indiscpline | NWF Conducts Trial on Friday | Edo to Postpone Sports Festival | Mboma Strikes Deal with Sunderland | AFN Shifts C'wealth Camp to Bauchi | Lions Return to Heroic Welcome | Wenger Denies Rebrov Move to Highbury | Ghanian Boateng Linked with œ6m Deal |
EXTRA
Dialectics of Controversy |